Chapter 192

  Jake didn’t immediately make his choice. In fact, he wasn’t quite sure which of the three subcsses to pick. It seemed to be a very important decision, which was why he didn’t want to be hasty about it. The evolution stage was called Apex Maion. Its name alone suggested it might be the final stage of evolution. The fact that he had to choose an evolutionary path further underscored its importance.

  Sihe System never informed him how many evolution stages there were in total, Jake didn’t know for sure whether Stage 3: “Apex Maion” was the final one. heless, sihere wouldn’t be a ce to revert his choice, he decided to sider each of the three subcsses carefully and weigh their pros and s to help him decide whie to choose.

  The first subcss he had checked out was Ravager. In appeara looked like a mix of a human being and a two-legged prehistoric reptile. However, its serrated tail resembled that of a scorpion. It didn’t have a stihough. Instead, the tip of the tail was thicker than the rest, appearing slightly swollen. The reason for this was that the tip er’s tail could blossom open like a flower to shoot various projectiles.

  Having a ranged on was one of this subcss’s advantages. Another be was that the Ravager form could apparently shoot different kinds of projectiles from its tail. In the vision, Jake first saw the Ravager fire what looked like a ser beam t down one of the two helicopters. Theant fired some kind of acidic missile, which was simir to Jake’s Acidic Spit but definitely much more powerful in terms of traveling distance, velocity, and the speed with which it eroded the chopper’s metal fusege. , the Ravager in the vision sprayed the interior of the chopper with acid, which was a different kind of ability from the previous ohe acid shot he had first fired was a single fast-moving projectile, while this third ability—the Spray of Acid, or whatever it was called—released acid in a tinuous stream, much like a hose.

  So the Ravager form could utilize a range of varied abilities, firing different types of shots from its tail. The ser beams were effective for taking down distant targets, the acidic shots were suitable for medium range, and the spray of acid worked well in close-quarters situations. Jake was fident there were likely several additional abilities that would allow the Ravager to shoot other types of projectiles from its tail.

  Additionally, the Ravager form could sprout wings in no time at all. The ability to fly was undeniably invaluable. Besides being able to get anywhere quickly, it also offered major tactical advantages during bat situations.

  Jake couldn’t help but notice that the Ravager could make sounds, unlike his current form. In his previous form, he hadn’t even had a mouth. The other two subcsses, Corruptor aator, also seemed to be the silent types. Only the Ravager form could produce sounds, although Jake doubted it could speak. The ability to unleash screams was undeniably an additional perk of this subcss, designed not primarily to intimidate foes but rather to inflict specific status effects on its targets. In the vision, the Ravager’s scream prompted the horde of ex-humans to turn on one another. Jake was sure the Ravager could emit other types of crowd-trolling screams to inflict various status effects on its enemies. Perhaps it could even learn specifids of screams that affected survivors as well.

  Right off the top of his head, Jake couldn’t figure out what dowhis css might have. Except, of course, that it was inpatible with the Morph Disguise ability, which was unfortu seemed that this ability only worked with forms that resembled ordinary human beings, and Ravager definitely looked nothing like an ordinary human.

  The subcss was Corruptor. From the vision, Jake had learhat if he chose Corruptor, he would be able to create irs in which he could develop various creatures. They would obey his telepathiands, and he would be able to unicate with them reat distances, summoning them from their irs if the need arose. The Corruptor could create creatures of different sizes and take trol of them, either remotely or by merging with them.

  It was definitely a very intriguing subcss, and Jake was tempted to choose this one. However, the obvious downside of this subcss was that it seemingly couldn’t possess any abilities of its own. If Jake selected it, he would retain all the skills and abilities he had acquired earlier, but he might not be able to learn any new ohe Corruptor subcss appeared to focus entirely oing new forms of life. At least, that was what it looked like in the vision he had seen, where the Corruptor relied exclusively on the creatures he had summoned, never employing any unique abilities of his own during a frontation with a group of survivors.

  The third subcss was Devastator. It was aremely powerful form, with truly impressive defensive and offensive capabilities. This css seemed capable of taking on and dealing with aire army of well-armed survivors single-handedly. If Jake chose this subcss, annihiting Los Demonios’ bases wouldn’t pose much of a problem, that was for damn sure. However, it was clearly a pletely melee-focused subcss. Uhe Ravager form, it cked any ranged ons. Oher hand, did it actually hem? From what Jake had seen in the vision, the Devastator erfectly fihout them.

  While Ravager was cool, with the ability to fly and shoot various projectiles from its tail, Corruptor aator were definitely Jake’s favorites. Besides, unlike Ravager, both Corruptor aator were patible with Morph Disguise sihey were human-like forms. But whie to choose? Jake really liked both of them and hated the fact that he could only selee.

  He thought it over and then thought some more, but he still couldn’t determine which subcss resonated with him the most. In the end, he decided to hold off on making a choice for a day or so. It was a very important decision, and one additional day wouldn’t make a difference.

  So he decided to pte the matter for one more day to make sure he made the right decision. There was no immediate urgency to evolve. He remembered that there was a time when some of his skills advao a specific level, but he couldn’t upgrade them to the rank, because he o evolve first. However, that wasn’t the case right now. Currently, none of his skills and abilities had reached 100%, so there was no pressio evolve into the form.

  He also remembered that after evolving into the sed stage and unlog the sed se of the Geic Development Interface, he couldn’t immediately afford any of the new skills because they had steep requirements and were quite expehe same situation would likely apply when he evolved into the third stage. He would probably o level up several more times and upgrade his attributes before he could buy any of the skills from the third se of the Geic Development Interfabsp;

  So yeah, there was no rush, and he definitely had some time to think about the matter. For now, he decided to visit the sewers. The System had retly upgraded the area, making all the mutants iy signifitly more powerful. As a result, the dungeon hidden in the underground tunnels was likely to have seen an increase in danger level as well. It was time to check it out.